Make it three straight successful title defenses for featherweight queen Julia Budd.
And it doesn’t look like she’s slowing down anytime soon.
The reigning champion needed just 2:14 to land a crippling body kick on challenger Olga Rubin (6-1) and then finish with more brutal body work to emerge victorious in the Bellator 224 main event on Saturday at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
It was the previously unbeaten Rubin who walked forward and got in Budd’s face right away, but Budd kept her composure and used solid kickboxing to keep Rubin off-balance.